A double stone, there is a complete diagonal break beginning at the top between the two halves and continuing downward through Mary’s half of the stone. Upper part of Mary’s section is also partly embedded in the earth. Stone has darkening from exposure, but text is generally legible.

Inscription: In Memory of Pamelia C. Pells who died Sept. 30 1831 aged 2 years 2 months. In Memory of Mary J. Pells who died Oct 1, 1831 aged 9 months. Gone is the flowers sweet buds of early spring Thy ruthless Death cold finger rudely press’d Yet ah grim tyrant pointless is thy sting They fading fell to ripen with the blest. Parents to you this cheering hope is given They sank to Earth to freshly bloom in Heaven.

The stone makes no mention of the parents’ names, however, burial records show an Ebenezer Pells, age twenty-six, also buried in this lot. He died approximately seven months after these two little girls and the epitaph from his widow is written in a similar tone to that of these children making it possible that he was the father of Pamelia and Mary.

Stone lies at the end of a row and at a slight angle to it. Edges are partially embedded in the earth with usual darkening and some chipping. Inscription is legible, though the first line of smaller text is somewhat faint. Very stylized willow and urn motif.

Inscription: To the memory of Martha J. Ross wife of John F. Tuger born in the city of Banbridge, County Down Ireland March 20, 1825 died April 3, 1850. Frederick Richard their son died Aug 7 1850 aged 4 months & 14 days.

Martha’s husband, John F. Tuger, was a native of Germany who worked as a cabinetmaker in Massachusetts and Albany. Following the death of his wife and son, John Tuger relocated to Michigan and, later, to St. Louis where he was later described as “one who stood high in the esteem of all, not only as a business man, but as an energetic, progressive citizen.” He remarried while in Michigan; his second wife, Christina Wagner, was born in Bavaria. By his second wife, he had three children. John F. Tuger died on November 4, 1900.

Bottom edge of stone is embedded in the ground below the last line of the inscription. Inscription is deeply carved and very legible. Upper portion of the stone features an open book (likely the Bible) with a saw-tooth border above and fan-shaped insets in the upper corners. Some darkening, but decorative carving is generally intact.

Inscription: In memory of Thomas B. Heermans who died April 4 A.D. 1830 aged 33 years 6 months

Heermance was, along with Erastus Corning, Joel Rathbone, and John T. Norton, a partner in a firm which offered hardware and cutlery, as well as stoves and iron sheet work to order. About a month before his death, a notice appeared in the Albany Argus which announced the dissolution of the firm Rathbone, Heermans, & Company by “mutual consent.” The company retained the same name for some time after under the sole leadership of Rathbone.

A small stone, probably truncated during its transfer. Darkened surface and some wear to inscription.

Inscription: Ruth Mead died 1843

This plain stone gives very little information on the deceased; her age and date of death are not provided. The surname Mead was fairly common in Albany at the time and this woman appears several times on newspaper lists of individuals with letters or other mail awaiting them at the Albany post office.